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PulteGroup (
PHM) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 2.2%. By the end of trading, PulteGroup fell $0.67 (-4.0%) to $16.19 on average volume. Throughout the day, 10,751,442 shares of PulteGroup exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9,959,700 shares. The stock ranged in price between $16.16-$16.78 after having opened the day at $16.76 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.86. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
China Advanced Construction Materials Group (
CADC), down 25.1%,
McDermott International (
MDR), down 20.6%,
Trex Company (
TREX), down 11.9% and
MagneGas Corporation (
MNGA), down 8.7%.

PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in homebuilding and financial services businesses primarily in the United States. PulteGroup has a market cap of $6.7 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 7.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate PulteGroup a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates
PulteGroup as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, weak operating cash flow and poor profit margins.